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MPs call for fivefold increase in Government spending on cycling

Cycling Safety report calls for£10 per head spending, training for motorists, and for government departments to work together

Bristol councillor says £35m set aside for cycling would be better spent on rail

Conservative standing as MP at next year’s general election says plans “unrealistic” and “too proscriptive”

Bristol plans £35 million spend on cycleway network

£16 per head per year to get 20 percent commuting by bike by 2020

Road traffic laws too “lenient” say widows of cyclists killed on charity ride

Criticism comes as lorry driver pleads guilty to causing death of two men on Land's End-John O'Groats ride

British Cycling and Leeds Cycling Campaign propose transformation of Leeds centre

Can the Motorway City of the Seventies be made cycling-friendly?

Half of Britons say local roads too dangerous for cycling in BBC poll

Campaigners call for more space — and money — for cycling

Help turn the Space for Cycling campaign national

Turn the Space for Cycling campaign map green by asking your local councillor to adopt simple pro-cycling measures

Awesome stickers update: they sold out, more on the way… plus get free ones!

Everyone feels like sharing the love this week, it seems...

Kids challenged to beat BikeStock 48-hour World MTB record attempt distance – 365 miles

Ben Sherratt hopes to ride 365 miles in 48 hours at BikeStock - but can youngsters rack up more miles combined this weekend?

Would-be cyclists want more cycle lanes and better facilities, says Halfords survey

Retailer asks people what would get them to cycle more often

Share the love on the road with a stay awesome sticker

Let the two-wheeled community know you care even when you're driving

Transport for London agrees to scrap ‘Stay Back’ stickers

Victory for road safety campaigners as hostile driver behaviour shown to be linked to "offensive" stickers

Cyclist deaths and serious injuries fell in 2013 – but DfT says too early to say if it’s a long-term trend

Better weather last year may impact figures; Sustrans urges government to make roads safer for children

ASA overturns ban on ad showing cyclist without helmet

Cycling Scotland successfully appeals January decision as ad watchdog accepts its arguments

Video: National Express ‘blind spot’ sticker spotted – but how useful is it?

A contribution to cycle safety, a well-intentioned idea poorly executed or just alibi-creation?

Campaigners warn Newcastle risks losing millions of pounds in DfT cycle funding

Newcycling worried over delays in implementing Cycle City Ambition funded scheme

Partner of cyclist killed in Manchester nearly run over as she lay flowers at the scene

Gemma Gooden plans to sue driver and is urging Manchester City Council to improve 30mph signage

$2.4 million for doored cyclist run over by van

Campaigners hail “a very strong message” to drivers about road safety

Cycle helmets save lives says Neurosurgeon – in ongoing helmet row

Surgeon says he sees three children a month with cycling head injuries he believes would not have happened had they been wearing a helmet

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Sir Chris Hoy fears more cyclists will die before politicians act on road safety

Six-time Olympic champion says conditions are improving - but progress is slow

Transport Minister to consider turning Highways Agency in to Cycling & Highways Agency, say campaigners

Minister says he will "consider" aamendments to infrastructure bill would force Highways Agency to provide for cycling

Cycling could help reduce £10bn annual diabetes bill say MPs

“If cycling was a pill, every GP across the country would be prescribing it”

Ditching cars for school run could save £2 billion a year, says Sustrans

Switching to foot, bike or scooter would save average parent £642 per year

Harrogate councillor seeks £15k crowdsourcing for Sustrans report after council declines to pay

£4k raised already from local people and businesses for study into how to encourage cycling and improve facilities in N Yorks borough

Are bad drivers using ‘stay back’ stickers as an excuse?

Stories emerge of bus drivers treating cyclists as second class road users

Jenny Jones and RoadPeace launch new parliamentary group for road justice

New group to urge for change in investigation, prosecution and sentencing of road traffic cases

France trials paying people to ride bike to work

Pilot scheme to incentivise cycle commuting will be extended in new year if successful

“A new low” – TfL refuses to order removal of ‘Cyclists stay back’ stickers

Road safety & cycling groups said signs treated cyclists as 2nd class citizens & should only be on lorries

UCI’s new Advocacy Commission, aimed at improving conditions for cyclists, meets for first time

New body launched at Velo-City Global 2014 in Adelaide

First Women’s Cycling Forum to be held in Edinburgh

Presentations and discussions aim to bring women into a starring role in cycling policy and events